RELEVANT MOMENTS IN ANCIENT ROME BY SARA AND JERONIMO RESTREPO

Foundation of Rome

756 BCE

The twins brothers Romulus and Remus who were raised by a wolf, founded a city with seven hills called Rome.

First Punic War

264 BCE

First Punic War begins against Carthage

Second Punic War

216 BCE

Hannibal Barca humiliate Roman Forces at the battle of Cannae

Third Punic War

146 BCE

Rome crushes Carthage

Gaius Marius The Military Reforms

107 BCE

The Marian reforms were a group of military reforms initiated by Gaius Marius, a statesman and general of the Roman Republic.

Birth of Julius Caesar

100 BCE

Julius Caesar was born into a Aristocratic Family

Spartacus Rebellion

73 BCE

Spartacus was a Thracian gladiator who was one of the escaped slave leaders against the Roman Republic.

Foundation of the First Triumvirate

59 BCE

Is founded the first triumvirate with Caesar, Crassus and Pompey. Then Caesar became a Consul of Rome

Caesar Crossed The Rubicon River

49 BCE

Caesar Crossed The Rubicon River starting a civil war agains Pompey The Great

Pompey was killed

48 BCE

With Pompey death, Caesar was the Dictator and Consul of Rome, he had total control of all the holdings

Caesar is Assassinated

44 BCE

Caesar was killed with 23 stabs on the floor of the Government by the Roman Senators

Battle of Actium

31 BCE

The Battle of Actium was the decisive confrontation of the Final War of the Roman Republic, a naval engagement between Octavian and the combined forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra

Octavian Granted Extraordinary Powers By The Senate

27 BCE

Ending the Roman Republic and starting the Roman Empire. Octavian use the name: "Caesar Augustus" and becomes the first Roman Emperor